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Jack Pierce

Make-up Artist / Actor | * 05/05/1889 († 79, 07/19/1968) | Valdetsyou, Greece (Greece)
Jack Pierce (born Yiannis Pikoulas; May 5, 1889 – July 19, 1968) was a Hollywood make-up artist best remembered for creating the iconic makeup worn by Boris Karloff in Frankenstein (1931), along with various other classic monster make-ups for Universal Studios. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Horror | Drama | Science Fiction

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Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty ...

Scarlet Street

NR

1945 | 3.8/5 | 1h 43min
Drama, Thriller, Crime
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Tongue-in-cheek adventure tale of an American attempting to free sailors held as hostages and becoming involved in middle-East tribal wars. ...

Slave Girl

Certification unknown

1947 | 1h 20min
Adventure, Comedy
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After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf. ...

The Wolf Man

Certification unknown

1941 | 3.6/5 | 1h 10min
Horror, Drama
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Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust ...

Brute Force

Certification unknown

1947 | 3.7/5 | 1h 38min
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Movies with Jack Pierce as Actor(6)

as Self (archive footage)2015 Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
as Self (archive footage)2008 He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
as Second Reporter1929 Masquerade
as Man Operating Ropes (uncredited)1928 The Circus
1927 Isle of Sunken Gold
as Pete Gushard1922 Riders of the Law

TV Shows/Series with Jack Pierce as Actor(1)

as Grady Felton1997 Midsomer Murders

Movies with Jack Pierce as Crew(87)

Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1962 The Creation of the Humanoids
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1960 Beyond the Time Barrier
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1960 The Amazing Transparent Man
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1958 Giant from the Unknown
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1958 I Bury the Living
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1957 The Brain from Planet Arous
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1956 No. 5 Checked Out
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1953 No Escape
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1953 Blades of the Musketeers
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1949 Master Minds
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1949 The Pilgrimage Play
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1948 Joan of Arc
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1947 Time Out Of Mind
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1947 Doctor Jim
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1947 Buck Privates Come Home
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1947 The Egg and I
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Supervisor1946 Black Angel
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Department Head1946 Terror by Night
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1946 Little Giant
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1946 Canyon Passage
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Department Head1946 Dressed to Kill
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Department Head1946 The Killers
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1946 Tangier
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup & Hair1946 Her Adventurous Night
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1946 She-Wolf of London
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1946 House of Horrors
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Department Head1946 Magnificent Doll
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1946 The Brute Man
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1946 Temptation
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1946 The Spider Woman Strikes Back
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Department Head1946 Little Miss Big
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1945 House of Dracula
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1945 Scarlet Street
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1945 Sudan
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1945 The Naughty Nineties
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1945 The Jungle Captive
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Department Head1945 Pursuit to Algiers
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1945 The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1944 Cobra Woman
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1944 Gypsy Wildcat
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1944 The Climax
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1944 House of Frankenstein
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1944 The Mummy's Ghost
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1944 The Mummy's Curse
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1944 Jungle Woman
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1943 White Savage
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1943 Captive Wild Woman
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1943 Flesh and Fantasy
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1943 The Mad Ghoul
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1943 Son of Dracula
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1943 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1942 The Mummy's Tomb
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1942 The Ghost of Frankenstein
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1941 The Wolf Man
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1941 Man-Made Monster
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1940 The House of the Seven Gables
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1940 The Mummy's Hand
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1940 Black Friday
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1939 Tower of London
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1939 Son of Frankenstein
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1938 Wives Under Suspicion
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1937 Let Them Live
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1937 Night Key
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1936 Two in a Crowd
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1936 Show Boat
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1936 The Invisible Ray
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1936 Dracula's Daughter
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1935 Werewolf of London
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1935 The Bride of Frankenstein
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Designer1935 The Raven
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1934 Half a Sinner
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1934 Great Expectations
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1934 The Black Cat
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1934 Imitation of Life
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1933 The Invisible Man
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1933 The Big Cage
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1933 The Kiss Before the Mirror
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1932 White Zombie
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Designer1932 The Mummy
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1932 Murders in the Rue Morgue
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1931 Dracula
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1931 Frankenstein
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Designer1931 Frankenstein
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1930 King of Jazz
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1928 The Man Who Laughs
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1926 The Lady of the Harem
Costume & Make-Up/Makeup Artist1925 The Wanderer

Full Name: Jack Pierce
Born: Sunday, 05/05 1889 (May) in Valdetsyou, Greece (Greece)
Died: Friday, 07/19 1968 (July) in Hollywood (aged: 79)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for Jack Pierce (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Janus Piccoulas"
"Jack P. Pierce"
"Janus Piccoula"
"John Pierce"
"Jack P. Pearce"
"Jack Pearce"
"Γιάννης Πίκουλας"
"Jack Pierce (make-up artist)"
Jack Pierce frequently works together with these people:
Russell A. Gausman (46x, Crew)
Vera West (45x, Crew)
John P. Fulton (34x, Crew)
Bernard B. Brown (30x, Crew)
Hans J. Salter (27x, Crew)
John B. Goodman (26x, Crew)
Frank Skinner (22x, Crew)
George Robinson (20x, Crew)
Jack Otterson (19x, Crew)
Carmen Dirigo (19x, Crew)
Boris Karloff (16x, Actor)
Raj Awasti (7x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:381509, Added: 08/17/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024